Quick Relief For The Homeless?

Mercy House resident Jennifer Ricketts makes lunch while watching her three children at the Harrisonburg shelter Tuesday. The General Assembly is discussing an amendment, co-sponsored by Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Mount Solon, to keep $1.5 million in the fiscal 2014 budget to advance programs to get homeless residents living on their own more quickly. (Photo by Nikki Fox / DN-R)